Who's already got their tomato sown? I have a heated propagator for the first time, so thinking of sowing mine this weekend. Obviously I need the weather to be suitable at the stage where the plants need moving out of the propagator.
I sowed mine (inc.Rosella) in a heated propagator in my g/house on 7th March. They're about 2" now. I've got enough space to keep them in the propagator until it's safe for them in the greenhouse. Other stuff that I germinate in the propagator can be moved onto the staging and will be ok if it gets a bit chilly, so I can keep tomatoes, chili and peppers warm. I think you need to bite the bullet and get them sown - it'll be summer before we know it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Too soon for me to be sowing tomatoes. I don't have a greenhouse or conservatory and they can't go outside until late May, maybe into a mini-cloche (plastic cover) a couple of weeks before then, so there's no point in starting them until April.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Sowed mine in front of a big SE facing window on 3 March. Like others mine are shooting up. For the first time I have two potato leaf varieties, Stupice and Brandywine. I usually move mine to their cold greenhouse positions around the end of April, depending on the weather.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
Sowed mine early March too (on the top of my tropical fishtank) and the true leaves are coming now. Sowed Maskotka for the first time this year then some Piccolo seeds from my favourite Sainburys tomatoes, which germinated surprisingly quickly. Along with my Chillies (which were sowed in February) they start the day in front of a south-facing window and then get moved into the greenhouse mid-morning whilst we're in this warm sunny spell. Then there's usually a panic in the evening when I suddenly realise I forgot to bring them back into the house
I'll get a small Shirley plant from our excellent nursery in a couple of weeks time.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I sowed Orange Paruche, Maskotka, Costoluto Fiorentino, Ildi, and Roma on my conservatory windowsill last weekend. No sign of germination yet.
I've also planted seeds of all apart from Roma outside in protected containers using the Winter Sowing Method. I'm afraid with it being my first time winter sowing I don't have enough trust as yet, and I didn't want to miss out on tomatoes this year, hence sowing just a couple of each indoors too.
It was my first time growing last year, and I grew orange paruche, which was delicious, but wanted to experiment with some others too this year. I wanted a beefsteak and something easy to grow in a pot for my Mum, so went with Costoluto Fiorentino and Maskotka respectively. I threw in the roma as they were free with Garndener's World magazine. The ildi seeds I bought after reading the flavour was really good and they were heavy croppers. It was only after I bought them that I realised what 'heavy cropper' meant - up to 80 fruits per truss! Any tips for how to support them when the time comes. I just grew the orange paruche up single bamboo canes last year, but I suspect that's not going to cut the mustard here!
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I have a heated propagator for the first time, so thinking of sowing mine this weekend. Obviously I need the weather to be suitable at the stage where the plants need moving out of the propagator.
Other stuff that I germinate in the propagator can be moved onto the staging and will be ok if it gets a bit chilly, so I can keep tomatoes, chili and peppers warm.
I think you need to bite the bullet and get them sown - it'll be summer before we know it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Nimbus
San Marzano
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'll get a small Shirley plant from our excellent nursery in a couple of weeks time.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I've also planted seeds of all apart from Roma outside in protected containers using the Winter Sowing Method. I'm afraid with it being my first time winter sowing I don't have enough trust as yet, and I didn't want to miss out on tomatoes this year, hence sowing just a couple of each indoors too.
It was my first time growing last year, and I grew orange paruche, which was delicious, but wanted to experiment with some others too this year. I wanted a beefsteak and something easy to grow in a pot for my Mum, so went with Costoluto Fiorentino and Maskotka respectively. I threw in the roma as they were free with Garndener's World magazine. The ildi seeds I bought after reading the flavour was really good and they were heavy croppers. It was only after I bought them that I realised what 'heavy cropper' meant - up to 80 fruits per truss! Any tips for how to support them when the time comes. I just grew the orange paruche up single bamboo canes last year, but I suspect that's not going to cut the mustard here!